Shoe-tag holder.



No. 680,975. H. A mwmzm. SHOE TAG HOLDER.

(Appfication filed Jan. 15. 1900.)

-( No Model.)

Patented Aug. 20, IQDI;

PATENT OFFIC f HENRY A. IIILDRETII, or AUBURN, MAINE.

SHOE-TAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,975, dated August 20, 1901'.

l I 7 Application filed January'lfi, 1900. Serialli'o; 1,415. (lilomodeh) 10 all w hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. IIILDRETH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Anburn, in the county ofAndroseoggin and State of Maine, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Tag Holders; and i @I do hereby declare the following to bee. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the. same. The present invention relates to shoe-tag holders, and has for its object to provide a device which may be easily attached to a shoesole and which shall securely hold and retain i atag inserted therein.

To the above end the inventionconsists in p the combinations hereinafter described, and

1. more particularly set forth in the claim.

.zo [boots and shpesaby means ofpaper tags atj tached to the boot strap or pull.

tice-is objectionable, however, in that the tag must be held in the hand in order to be read,

Heretofore it has been customary for'salesmen toidentify their difierent samples of This practhat it is easily soiled by contact with the shoe '1 and the constant handling necessary, and that it is often accidentally detached. In the present invention all these objectionable features i i 1 are absent, the tag being held securely on the shank portion of the sole, where it may be easily read by simply turning the shoe bottom side up and where it is protected from contact with the shoe and all danger of soil ing consequently avoided.

In the illustrated embodiment of my inven- My device is preferably constructed from of the portions 1 and 2, adapted to engage the edge and top of the sole 3, respectively.

The end 4; of the top-engaging portion 2 is preferably bent backward against itself in tordertoavoidthedangerofcutting orscratclr ing the upper with the end of the wire. Ap-

,proximately midwaybetween each jaw and i the middle of the length of wire are formed theloops I 5, which not only allow the laterally-springing movement of the jaws, but also cooperate in holding the tag in position. The

middle portion 6 is preferably provided with.

a projection 7, formed by a. V-shaped bend in the wire at right angles to the plane of the loops 5. The object of this projection 7 is to press the tag against the sole 3 to hold it securely in proper position.

In the operation of my device the jaws are sprung apart by the fingers or any suitable means, so that the top-engaging portion 2 may pass over the edge'of the solo. Upon releasing the jaws they will engage the sole on its edge and top and hold the device against the shank. A card or tag 8 may then be easily inserted under the portion 6 and pushed back against the bottom of the loops 5, where it will be held by the spring of the loops as well as by the pressure of the V-shaped projection 7. If desirable, the tag may be inserted in the holder before the latter is attached to the shoe.

been constructed in which the tag and article to be marked are both held between the same spring jaws or clips, while a backing-plate for the'tag isheld by edge-gripping jaws. These devices, however, diifer essentially from mine in that theygrip both the tag and article to be marked between the same spring clips or jaws-a method of attachment obviously not adapted to shoe-soles. So far asI am aware I am the first to combine with means adaptedto hold a shoe-tag in a plane parallel to the sole spring attachin'gjaws or clips adapted to engage the edge and top of the sole.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- I A shoe-tag holder, comprisingspring-clipsto engage the projecting edge of a shoe-sole,

and a tag-holder secured to the edge clips having spring tag-holding loops to grip and hold a shoe-tag, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. 'nILDRE'r'n. Witnesses:

FOREST E. LUDDEN, S. MERRIT'I FARNUM, Jr.

, is H I am aware that tag or ticket holders have j 

